and that it's over with. >> james: good morning, 4:00 a.m., a top stories today was the deadline that governor brown said to a vote on the budget he's now asking them to wait. we will tell you why. $12 million short oakland schools are looking to send out hundreds of tanks lips. stolen lamborghini prolonging to die may have been spotted we will tell you where. >> louisa: rain and other arenas to the north but that is moving our way we'll let you know when it's expected straight ahead.

>> erica: 101 looks good, a complete check on your commute straight ahead. >> live, from the bay area's news station, this is the kron 4 morning news. >> james: good morning, this is thursday march 10th, let's carry to the news developing story governor jerry brown has asked lawmakers to delay a vote on the budget. he originally set a deadline for today and now he's hoping to use the extra time to convince more lawmakers to put the tax extension on the ballot. he's just a few lawmakers short. the voters said yes to measure-a they approved the tax to support the city's schools it will prevent school closures and maintain class sizes. the district may have to consider cuts if they're not

approved in june. oakland schools are $12 million short they're looking to send out hundreds of pink slips. >> caller: the was not unanimous but it was not close. six-one the oakland school board decided to send out letters to 538 teachers telling them next school year they may not have jobs. >> do not vote for these layoffs. >> is not acceptable. we cannot accept a single layoff. we've been at the bare bones and beyond. >> reporter: despite leading the british rock as long as possible. >> there's simply nothing else we can do to avoid this. >> reporter: nearly half of the layoff notices will go to grad cable-5.

>> one of the things i'm going to do is vote no on this. >> reporter: one board member voted no. >> there's a bunch of people live look like me that are not given the opportunity for equal education. >> what is the portrait to doyour courage to pressure mar? >> reporter: they reverted to said that the letters. and means those 538 notices have to go out in the next few days but because the budget on certainty it will be months whether not those teachers know the of the job. >> james: these cuts by the school district came to 24 hours after mount diablo

approved 180 slips. we will continue to cover this story you to watch his son www.kron4.com or get to our website at www.kron4.com. oakland police are investigating a murder last night it happened to the victim was a male shot once he died in the ambulance at this point they've made no arrests. $17,000 reward for information of the death in berkeley. they found the body in the backyard of a home in the 1600 block of lake st. he had been shot, no rest, and no motive. this is berkeley's first homicide of the year. guys stolen a member of the nea has been spotted in marin county. it was taken from british monarch for distributors early tuesday, someone repeled into the dealership

to still that yellow convertible lamborghini it was spotted going across the golden gate bridge. then again enter into kron. he owns johnny garlic's end text or saudis. a checked on our forecast, louise is standing by. >> louisa: this is the day we will start to notice wet weather in was in late this morning we will have the details and the time line in just a few minutes. it is a light rain, cooler temperatures on tap the next chance of rain this weekend. let's car hadn't take a look at where the wet weather is, the jury did to the north we are expecting it to move south and your area we will see plenty of raindrops to date. we're in the '40's, '50's. about 50 degrees and seven sisters, south bay

temperatures are in the upper '40's, low 50s. solder well, radar shows the process the impression on in from the pacific northwest down to the northern portions of our state. --crushers system. --pressure system. possibly speak-e a few sprinkles. north basins the best chance. a letter rain is expected to the peninsula it's really started to be a bit spotty not a huge storm but could give a good dose of what weather. once the rain passes through will auction another couple of days of driving. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. earlier friday,

partly cloudy. sunday is another chance of wet weather. daylight saving time we could continue to see a chance of rain into next week. >> erica: no hot spots airing their raise rain now, bay bridge great conditions as you make your way toward san francisco just a handful of cars in the city. net from getting to the bridge. all right to the sand to their bridge we're following construction. 880 about directions we have various lane closures in effect until 5:00, once you get on the span nothing to complain about easy conditions in both directions. golden

gate, 101 you can see just a few cars. no problems. but drive times much as 22 minutes. if your taking public transit we're off to a good start i don't see any problems. james? >> james: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. news survey bay area business hiring and if you're looking for work with rob that the information coming up. we have a chance of a spring or two possible this afternoon. we'll be right back.

>> james: here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. chance of it early morning and afternoon sprinkles nothing major but you do have rask will let you know

about it. toman sunshine so on-again and off-again seems to be the story. a deadly critics of the shrinking trend of tom sawyer stories it toppled hoses, damaged buildings officials say 19 people died. 150 injured. in at protesters escalated president ali says new constitution would guarantee this separation of powers and prepare for the holding of elections. the red cross reports dozens of civilians have been wounded or killed in battles between gadhafi's army and the opposition. the

fighting intensified in the main fight between the mediterranean oil port of been drawn. the red cross said local doctors or the past few days she sought a sure to increase in casualties. they believe there are more severely affected in tripoli. national news, a democratic lawmakers who said wisconsin to stop and about three weeks ago will head back today. the budget proposal includes a severe blow to unions and in most of the collective bargaining rights of workers. yesterday lawmakers decided to go ahead even without the democrats. they approved of an answer to a collective bargaining rights. they will vote on the plan today, it will go to the dust of the governor for final approval.

it's not clear if today's vote is a binding. we will have to see. lawmakers are returning to the bargaining table in a pair of but yesterday's senators slashing by the budget proposal but it also killed and less prone " alternative. the two versions were 50 billion dealers are hurt. --dollars. stock futures are down at this hour. investors still keeping an eye and on uprises will the rising price of oil slow the economic recovery? the price for beryl still no $104 a barrel. we have reports your new claims from unemployment as was the nation's trade balance later today the government will release figures on the nation's budget deficit. water world park is looking to hire 500

workers for the spring and summer months. the weather is testing a conference on bosnia today president obama and first obama will be joined today for the discussions on olein. it will be streamed live on the way here's website. we will take a break, let's go outside, another lick this morning this time from our bay bridge approach. barely any traffic. we'll be right bac.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. this is a live video of florida, the sweater set in by heavier heavy winds, rain pounded much of the southeast you

can see the public route over downtown the area was bare from severe weather, he would done not by looking at these crowds. all lot of rain and snow. people in vermont are digging out from under a mountain of snow you can see here they have their work cut out for them as snow storm blew through monday bearing residence under more than 2 ft. of snow. fifth largest snowstorm in state history residents are facing more messy weather. up to three more inches of snow will fall by tonight. here's a live look at tahoe, 80, the carrier is a lot of focus but there is now on the ground. --the camera is slightly out of focus. now, here is a look at the weather. >> louisa: we're starting you off with temperatures that will actually be a

little bit cooler as we had today today also bringing in that chance of rain. rain now here's a shot of the bay bridge it is dry, late morning hours that to bring in those first chances. 58 by noontime 60 for an afternoon high. low 50s by a crock. fresnel your radar insuring all of that weather to the north of us it's expected to push down. we will not escape the wet weather today. 9:00 sprinkles in the north bay. 10:00 the north bay stands the best chance of seeing some wet weather. moderate downpours. 11:00 it becomes more widespread. it tapers off, we're not talking about a huge storm, certainly expect there's raindrops to hang around. hit or miss. it will be by the time we had

8:00 we will start to dry out. right now 40's, 50's: to say jurors and napa. 51 antioch. elsewhere sitting in the upper 40's. afternoon highs, warming into the 50s, 60s, cooler than yesterday. 58 in san rafael in san francisco. he's based days inns the low 60s, 63 roberts city and along the coast 58 degrees for half moon bay. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. highlights the fact that once the train passes we will dry out tomorrow, in to the beginning of your weekend. saturday you will notice overcast conditions and increased the clock cover. sunday another chance of rain, continuing into next week. now, here is a look at

the traffic. >> erica: your thursday morning commute is shaping up to be a good one, no hot spot or major accidents. taking a look at the bay bridge approach nice, light as you make your way to san francisco a different story if you're heading over to the san mateo bridge overnight construction in effect at 800 in both directions. various lanes are closed until 5:00, once again on the span you can see lot of space between cars drive time of just a 13 minutes. if your coming out of the north bay, said bound 101 nice, easy conditions. crosstown freeways look good right were the james lick meets the inbounds. james christian mark >> james: a man was convicted of knocking an off-duty police officer on a

conscious. --unconscious. the woman identified herself as a police officer and her he was being too aggressive. if your copy on our pension trees in the face and knocking her to the ground. he faces 25 years-life in prison. prosecutors have introduced alexander's journal into. the prosecution alleges that he was trying to kill a former chemistry teacher. no one was injured. as a judge is considering granting a preliminary injunction against saddam gang members. he said he could injure issue a injunction barring

40 members from hanging out with one another, loitering, possessing guns. it also would impose a curfew between 10:00 p.m.-5:00 a.m.. new information, either san bruno it was six months. mr. but the cities of the explosion. --it was. until they come injuring dozens more. this is video showcasing the incredible force of the fireball that destroyed the neighborhood. reggie kumar was at a memorial last night. >> reporter: i like to take a moment of silence for neighbors. the exact time of the gas line explosion those who attended this anniversary honored the eight people lost their lives. one of the victims was 20 wrote jessica

marsalis. her boyfriend was severely burned and spoke publicly about the love of his life. >> the hardest struggle is she is taken away. chain- link fences line the streets where homes once stood. his house was located on this corner he's waited six months to finish some of the permit process. now he just needs final approval. residents agreed to watch this video of the explosion they say the huge fireball that killed near his summer recess on some every time they pass by claremont. the area where the joslyn exploded. >> the community of silver

note is the greatest in the world. >> i will bet into my bathroom to see if there was blisters on my face. >> i felt the heat on my face. >> i will never forget that day as long as i live. >> james: also making headlines this morning 57 cases in the court system have been affected by suspected police misconduct. seven officers, one sergeant being investigated for warrantless searches. >> reporter: in another big story here and san francisco the district attorney has announced it is dismissing 57 cases and possibly more in the last week for videos have surfaced allegedly showing police misconduct. the d.a.'s office announced they must drop the cases because they may be tainted

due to officers' actions. the police department has put eight officers on administrative leave. planning to retrain the entire department. >> reporter: doesn't need is of felony and misdemeanor cases were dropped in the wake of the alleged police officer misconduct investigation. they involve mostly drug offenses but also robbery and assault. the public defender says this could just be the tip of the expert he sent a letter to the attorney asking for arrest report dating back seven years. >> james: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. coming out on the kron 4 morning news more headlines, here's a live look from santa clara. taillights headed southbound we are waiting for screen to start falling it could very well happen during a morning ride.

>> james: 8 bridge approach, traffic is nice, and light, easy conditions. --bridge approach. san mateo bridge

looks good, highway 92 is nice about directions. golden gate bridge, easy ride. southbound-101 is nice and light. at high ill authorities are planning their first use of late execution chart. a man convicted of killing a storeowner is expected to be put to death today. it is the country's first use of a search of sedative as an execution drug. illinois is going the other way the governor or abolish the state's death penalty. their sentences or changed to life in prison instead of death and illinois will be the 16th state without a death penalty. lindsay low hand

returns to court today she's not accept it you accept a plea deal that includes a guaranteed jail sentence. the star has pleaded not guilty to stealing a necklace. the case is the latest legal headache for the 24 year-old actress who was on probation. we're also following the latest with charlie sheen, how's this for winning, his life may be turning into a comic art. lou waters will attract the actor's career path all the way up to his current outburst. the comet will not be released until this summer to buy you can pre order online. the title? infamous. charlie sheen. let's take a quick break, back at site a look from the

roof camera during conditions fairly mild, dry out there. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. drive it is nice, light the weather is mild update some of those coming up. developing story jerry brown has asked lawmakers to delay a vote on the budget. he had set a deadline for today now he hopes to use the extra time to try and convince a few more lawmakers to grant the extension and he's proposing on the ballot in june. he says is a few lawmakers short of majority he needs. voters said yes to measure a in alameda approving a tax to start supporting the city's schools. the district may have to consider some

cats that the state tax exceptions are not approved. " locals are pro million dollars short lives that the board wrestled with a very difficult decision jonathan bloom was there. >> reporter: the school board voted 6-1 in favor of sending out layoff notices. that is the most notices oakland has sent out since the '70s. oakland has been spirit over last couple of years they've move money around and keep most of their teachers say but this year, there's some uncertainty this say they can't avoid it. > those take playoffs. -- those layoffs may not happen if voters will pay the extra taxes. things could get even worse than this depending on the state budget. >> james: oakland police are

investigating a murder this morning that happened around 8:00 class might international boulevard. the victim was a male shot once, he died of being transported in the ambulance at this point no arrests have been made. a $17,000 reward is being offered for reformation of the death of a man in berkeley police found the body and get back your home. he had been shot, no arrests have been made there is so far no motive. this is berkeley's first homicide of the year. a teenage girl helped police locate a man suspected of attempting to lower curls into his truck. he was arrested after he tried to lure a 16 year-old into his vehicle. she recognized him and his truck. she reported the incident to police which

led to his arrest. gilroy police believe the murder that last night could be related to gang activity. his injuries are life threatening investigators say the suspects opened fire on the victim before taking off. several witnesses are being interviewed. livermore police cover the rest of the man suspected of fatally stabbing a man. he was arrested and booked into jail after police received reports of the incident. they found the application with abrasions on his face. the victim of man in his late '40's died from his injuries a few hours after the attack. new details regarding the stolen lamborghini it was spotted in marin county. someone or

piled in to the dealership to steal that yellow lamborghini it was spotted on surveillance video going across the bridge then again entering then leaving to run. the elderly car wrecks, text was obvious both in santa rosa. >> james: we're in for some changes today it includes wet weather in may not feel like it because we will stay dry for a good portion of your commute to. light rain as expected, cooler temperatures on tap. the next chance moves into the weekend. a little bit of dry weather there. you can see the wet weather is well to the north of us this front

is expected to continue to push in picking up raindrops as we head into late morning hours. the showers start off and santa rosa spreading southward. bringing a better chance of showers to most of the north bay. in places like point reyes, by 11:00 we pick up some sprinkles through the peninsula. then we're talking about hit or miss showers. maybe a little bit of drizzle. it tapers off into the evening. temperatures = forties'. 50 san francisco, san jose 50, 51 oakland. how i see call at perfidies-'60s. --but are 50s-'60s = year highs. mid-

60's for around here, and does it, morgan hill. tahoe, a mixture of rain and snow expected. snow levels are staying pretty high. snow levels up to about 7,000 ft. those ski resorts expected to get a little bit more snow for today. partly cloudy as we headed to tomorrow saturday a chance of snow as well. debitors staying warm. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. what it shows this is the active weather lets up and to tomorrow. partly cloudy friday, saturday much more in the way of cloud cover mostly cloudy conditions expected. sunday we bring in the wet weather through next week. >> erica: no news is good news in the traffic center no hot spots or accidents.

no slowdowns to tell you about bay bridge, so far, so glgood. a-nine minutes from the foot of the maze in to san francisco your ride from the courteous to the macarthur maze is only 17 minutes. overnight construction, 800 is still closed down right near highway 92. that is in effect until 5:00, green on our maps indicate speeds above 50 m.p.h.. a bit more volume in the westbound direction, accident and incident free. here red death of marin county is in good shape nice, light. westbound 80 the upper east shore freeway lots of space

between cars no problems to report. 16 minutes past golden gate fields in to san francisco. public transportation looks good, no problems to report. james? >> james: two men are suspected of using a credit card skimmer to steal credit card members from gas pumps. they face eight felony fraud and conspiracy charges. they targeted five monday and lost orders stations. > >> reporter: in santa clara county to manner facing felony charges after allegedly planting credit card for skimming of devices instead of gas per pumps. i spoke to the deputy

district attorney who says the suspects were never in possession of the credit card numbers however, the police do not know how was happening--how long was happening prior to the rest. >> james: as the average gas price becomes the highest bay area motorists will pay 405 per gallon more compared to last month. san francisco 397 oakland, san jose 393. back with more and a minute, let's cut sect, here's a quick look from our camera on the roof in san francisco. and i up to the possibility of a sprinkle or two.

4 >> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. bridge chat, handful of headlights nothing more than that san mateo bridge, highway 92 and s one, taillights on the right-hand side. a look at the golden gate bridge, easy ride, barely any traffic on the span. residents of san jose art for sure the the lack of response to our problem that is growing. you can see highlighted their we send stanley roberts and he reports back to us in this edition of people behaving badly. >> stanley: this is a

homeless encampment, no your eyes are not receiving new the camp and is rated outside the front door to some of these homes. so let's take a closer look, this is full of trash, runs food, they're close to it-in shopping carts most full of trash. what about sure you left me speechless i was led by this man, he offered me a tour. he was driving this you all that ran at a gas he left it there to give me a tour. you'll find more trash. plenty of disassembled bike parts. i spoke to residents here say their fights and a loose puck ball in the area. one mourner said she is afraid

to leave for rome. the neighbors say all they want is a charge to clean up but they say the city of san jose has been very slow to respond. it turns out to you of he was driving was five days overdue when it was spotted by the owner. he was supposed to take the conduct into the street and give the band back. some of the context or is rock meets. --raw meat. >> james: if you have a comment or a story idea you can email stanely at peoplebehavingbadly@kron4.co m. we will take a break, let's go back at sat, 101 at the expressway. back with more minute.

bigger >> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. and live look from the sierra, highly 50 if you're headed to set light, turn conditions so far, so good. --reconditions. showers are expected, maybe some flurries in the higher elevations. now, here is a look at the weather. >> louisa: here is the indicator tahoe forecast, floor expecting is a mixture of rain in snow. --rain dance snow. from temperatures in the upper 40's, when the conditions on friday partly cloudy so we'll try out could possibly bring a few snowflakes in on

saturday more expected on sunday. here's a shot of side from our roof camera sharing your dry conditions that is not on to last. a few sprinkles as we head towards late morning hours. especially to the north bay, light showers, certainly expected to affect us today. we'll also see a bit of a cool down, san francisco 50 degrees. getting up to 56. high temperature not escaping the 50s. bring that the wet weather is staying well to the north of us. the north bay is expected to pick up the first chance of wet weather. sprinkle 72 santa

rosa, 10:00 becoming more widespread, heavier downpour's along the coastline. as we head towards 11:00, that's when the peninsula is expecting the first chance of picking apaup showers. we're just talking about maybe some drizzle, light showers into the afternoon. better chance of driving into the evening. current temperatures are sitting at the 40-50s. we're staying in the '50s to places like oakland, south bay. i highs will be cooler than they were yesterday into the 50s-'60s. temperatures to the east bay will stay into the low 60s, along the coast topping it aired into the upper 50s.

mid-60's in mt. view, san as a, morgan hill. --san jose. friday brings as partly cloudy conditions, mostly cloudy on saturday sunday first chance of rain. it could linger into next week. sunday is daylight savings be sure to such a clock forward. >> erica: no hot spots or accidents to report. that means no slowing around the bay area if you are taking public transit we're not seeing the slowdown's we saw yesterday. the freeways but good. craig conditions,-- great conditions. one last

look at the overnight construction, 880 about directions or where it meets highway 92 at couple lanes are closed. that's only in affect for the next 13 minutes. once you get on the span, take a look of your camera nice, light conditions in about directions. golden gate bridge, said the fund runs 01 looks good. lots of space between cars. top speed for your entire red head of the north bay, drive times 22 minutes of of novato into city to limits out of novato iny limits. headlights northbound, problem free ride. no problems on sets

bay freeways. >> james: the use using a sticky strategy to stature money. they're targeting atms, maureen kelly shows us how it with just kill little bit of cliff is causing confusion for crooks to crash in. >> reporter: critics are using glued to jam down the center, a candle, clear button on the keypad. then they wait for someone to come up, the victim usually doesn't realize something is wrong until after they put their card in and punch in their pin number. when they get hit enter to start the transaction because of the cliff and nothing happens. when they tried it cancel or clear again nothing happens. what they're waiting for is for the victim to get frustrated: to get top that's when they come up,

use the buttons on the touchscreen to steal cash. in some cases the victims do not know they have been around until they checked their big statement. you can override the keyboard by using a touch screen. it has to cancel button, you can do your card back. >> james: police arrested this man they see here, for vandalizing 3 atms in san francisco and a similar crime in daly city. police say it is possible with some of these incidents could be the work of a copycat. other news, six months ago yesterday the city of san bruno was devastated by an explosion. pacific gas and electric company e pipe's exploded under neighborhood destroying force their homes. this video use by

federal investigators showcases the incredible force of the fireball destroying the neighborhood. dozens of people gathered for the six month anniversary of the gas line explosion. there is a moment of silence to remember the people who lost their lives. people brought flowers, laid them at the fence where the gas line is located. people also talked about the actual explosion, what they remember and had affected their lives. >> james: san francisco mayor announced that the first project to take effect of the new local hire lot. he introduced the new is graduating class, the new project will be the total overhaul of the recreation center and playground. the

new law is a win for the city, the job market and the economy. >> they'll be out there doing tunnel work, doing the country, doing all of the implementation that we need to do to make sure we get the highest number of local people hired. i say to you it's a very simple task. we're ready to go as the city. >> james: it will require all city contracts to have a workforce of the least 20%. that number will eventually reach 50% by the year 2015. coming up, more headlines. here's a live look along highway 80, those headlights headed towards the macarthur maze. back with more in a minute.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. they bridge approach looks good, projects, let straight, no problems although volume is beginning to pick up san mateo looks good, nice ride. the westbound direction on the right-hand side one last look, no problems being reported as you make your way through marin county as you head of the golden gate bridge, light traffic. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. as we look for some sprinkles today, nothing major and a few drops here and there. often in temperatures mid-60s. plenty of sunshine we give a chance of rain returning for the weekend. the cost of preventing preterm labor is

about to increase spirit endured for high-risk pregnant women was should up to $1,500 a dose. that is because four-cylinder " one government approval to exclusively sell the track so their hiking up the price. many obstetricians will have more consistent quality and it will be easier to get it would just be a lot more expensive. eric clapton's guitar is brought in millions of dollars at an auction. it sold for 82,000 men under $62. a replica of the prized guitar that duplicates the cigarette burns sold for about 3500. just some of his guitars that stroke proceeds are going to presea drug and alcohol rehab center. donald trump is expected to announce a deal to build two

properties in the former soviet republic. it will where the apprentice stars name. the president of georgia is said to me with donald trump this afternoon. what a difference a year makes the quality of life in san francisco is improving. san francisco is raise the quality of life better this year than last year. most people had a much rosier ellet on everything from jobs, economy, city government. we'll take a quick break, much more stress that we have sprinkles in store for today. more on that in a moment. all live look at this santa clara, we have traffic coming out at a fairly nice pace.

>> you're voting to take away the teachers. >> james: >> mark: that was the scene at the oakland board meeting as the city approved a more or cats details ahead. >> darya: the chain may not have to make the deep service clubs of short term plan is in the works. >> mark: an end to the standoff over ending union rights. >> louisa: wet weather is have it our way i'll give you the time line coming out. >> george: bay bridge toll plaza lighted crocker, no major problems reported around the bay area complete

traffic check coming out. >> mark: california's budget crisis, gov. jerry brown has asked lawmakers to delay of about here reaches set a deadline for today to get it then he now hopes to use the extra 10 to try and convince lawmakers to put the tax exemption on the ballot measure. he's just a few lawmakers short to happen. >> what is the board going to do? are you going to go to take them away or not? >> mark: that was seen last night a under filled the meeting as the district voted 6-1/2 to said they're 538 warning notices. nearly half of the layoffs will go to 231 kindergarten-a great teachers, english, and she's

come a peak among the hardest hit. they'll develop by march 15th you will be months before they know whether or not they have a job because of the uncertainty of the state budget. voters said yes on measure a. as they approved a tax to help pay for the city's schools. it will prevent school closures, the district may have to consider some cuts if they're not approved in june. >> darya: caltrans matters not how to deal with drastic service cuts, and executives are working on a plan if it tries to say, most of the services. will tran has the details. >> caltrans is staring at a $30 million budget shortfall this plan calls for a lawyer on parking increases, as well as renegotiating a contract. it should raise $10 million.

the the $20 million of town from many sources including other projects, mean and sons. people behind this project, they believe the proposed service cuts from a few weeks ago may be there or not to be said deep. mind you, will trent, kron4 news. >> darya: san jose is looking to reduce the number of pop clubs, to hover around a hundred 10 pop clubs. the city council would like to see that number reduced by sen. the mayor came up with a ida to churchy feet and holed online auctions monday but for cracks. --on a benign actions for pat clubs. now, here is a look at the weather. >> louisa: here's a letter saturday dry look at the golden gate bridge, there is

a good chance that most of your morning commute will stay dry. lee morning, early afternoon we bring in those rain chances. cooler temperatures are expected this afternoon the next chance of rain said san after that, storm tracker 4 are quite a bit of moisture to the north of us, but in the northwestern portion of the state. it's expected to continue to question bringing us some showers. 9:00, showers spread from santa rosa down toward cinephile. highlighting much of the north bay. to even see some moderate downpour's the special along the coastline. as we head towards 11:00, a better chance of seeing some sprinkles. or after that it just looks like we will see maybe a little bit of drizzle. light during the afternoon. nothing

significant. maybe half an inch. it across, notice how mr. to drive out a better chance are drying into the evening. those '60s cities spread, chris morris the mid-60s to the survey. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. drawing come tomorrow, pearly credit, more crowds on saturday, next chance of rain monday coming into next week. >> george: quiet start to the commune not tracking any problems, no hot spots, an easy ride at the bridges. the bay bridge westbound is light enough that is now back up, delay or metering lights. san mateo bridge ride is also a good one, no

problems on the right side of your screen. golden gate bridge, 101 problem free. they're so reconfiguring a brooch. crews are two-thirds of the way northbound trying to get all lanes 35. for the early morning commute. no public transit delays to >> of. predicted ride for 580. we'll be right back at the kron 4 morning news. it's really delicious, mom.

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>> mark: national news, lawmakers to fed was content to stop a budget about are heading back as the republicans found a way to go without the democrats to end most of their rights. yesterday lawmakers when i had about by removing all budget related evidence from

the bill that allowed them to vote without the quorum they did that have. that spread over seven dozen protesters to the state capital. today the assembly will vote on the same plan then it will go to the dust of the governor for final approval. --the desk. >> darya: lawmakers are returning to the bargaining table and search for a plan that carries risks. they killed a less onerous alternative favored by most democrats. the two versions were nearly $50 billion apart. the former city manager of the scandal in rebel city will soon learn whether or not he must stand trial and dozens of churches of leading the city. he is charged with a

more than 50 counts of misappropriation of public funds, falsification of public records. prosecutors say he was the mastermind of this camera he and others stole millions of dollars from bell by illegally inflating their salaries. the at a compensation package of $1.5 million a year for the city of 40,000. >> mark: stock futures are down. investors watching the price of royal. there is a worry as a seeing gas prices should up, a price ribeiro of oil trading around 1 04 a barrel. reports are due out for new claims for unemployment benefits. on the local job front though waterworld parked in concord is looking to hire 500

workers for the spring and summer months. >> darya: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. look get a live look outside off of our roof, action, this is the golden gate bridge. right now in san francisco it is 50 degrees. a high of 58 this afternoon. [ wheezing breaths ]

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>> mark: developing story, placer investigating a murder happened 8:30 p.m. at international boulevard. police say a man was shot once, that hang in the ambulance. no arrests have been made. and judges considering granting an injunction against them gang members. the judge is saying that he could ensure a i reallruling on the injunction. t

would our game members are hanging out, bordering, possessing guns. it would also impose a curfew between 10-5:00 a.m. among other restrictions. as $17,000 or is being offered for information into the death of a man and berkeley. --in berkeley. he was found dead in the backyard of a home in the 1600 block of blake street. no arrests hav been made the mergehave been made and motive has not been determined. a rotary engine happened yesterday afternoon 41 year-old court tahoe what was arrested and booked into jail of an incident that happened out old first-rate. they found him at the location with cuts on his face, a weapon. the victim a man in his

late 40's that from his injuries. a few hours after that confrontation. >> louisa: weather is expected to continue to their morning and afternoon oakland 46, looking up to about 60 degrees early a cool down from yesterday. 50s by 8:00 p.m. all of that wet weather up to and from our northern portion of the state just trying to work its way in. as we head towards 9:00, it looks like a good chance of seeing some showers to santa rosa, 10:00 good chance of most of the north bay being affected by

this. even seeing some moderate downpours. we could pick up a half inch of rain and to the north bay. elsewhere several hundreds of an inch of rain. sprinkles on the peninsula into the east bay. as we had to the afternoon we're talking about a little bit of a drizzle, light showers expected to taper off by the evening. right now temperatures are sitting in the '40's-50s. 48 down into monday a, by the afternoon your high surf and the low 60s. 60 santa rosa, 62 fairfield, temperatures 58 degrees in downtown san francisco east bay, low 60s, mid-60's down into the south bay. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. after today a couple of days of driving. partly cloudy conditions by saturday mostly cloudy, crowd started

to increase. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. another shot of wet weather. lay weekend come out early next week the chance of rain once again keep them on sunday daylight saving such a clock for one hour. >> george: bay bridge, around the bay area traffic is still pretty light word of an accident on the peninsula is northbound at coyote point. it looks to just be cell of the occult accident. i don't think it will turn into a big problem we will track it to be sure. bay bridge come easy ride here on 80 westbound no problems. i will assure you the lower east shore freeway you will get a sense of what a good ride that is. san mateo, still light enough traffic here that there are no delays on the purchase plenty of room on the bridge. golden gate, they

reconfigured the span from end to end. interstate 80, this is a look at traffic here in the westbound direction. in fact it is the tail lights closest to us that are heading down toward the bay bridge. that is how light the traffic is leading to the berkeley turf coming down from ashby and powell streets. no delays even getting into the maze or onto the freeway southbound. >> darya: thank you, world is a deadly earthquake struck china, it tumbled houses, damaging buildings, 22 people have been killed, more than 200 injured. it happened near the border of china. there was measured at a 5.8. a blast in the philippines killing three people and the nine suspected al-qaeda militants

detonated a powerful bomb near a school. it went off shortly after a ban of police special forces passed by. and did it pedestrians and motorists. --instead it hit pedestrians and motorists. >> mark: the red cross reports dozens of civilians have been killed or wounded during the early battles between the army and the opposition movement. as you see the lake smoke coming out, the fighting has intensified. the rebels appear to have established better supply lines bringing heavy weapons to the battle. red cross, local doctors have seen a sharp increase in casualties. the organization is cut off from access to the western part of libya. including tripoli. they believe is even more severe casualties there. yemen is proposing drawing

up a new constitution is the latest or return to the opposition as anti- government protests escalate. president ali says the new constitution would guarantee the rest of powers and prepare for the new holding of elections. >> darya: bay area bargains let's take a live look at that the approach to the bay bridge,--bay area bargains-- r we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.

here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. >> darya: to our looks good, the kron comeback for the weekend we could see a chance to sharpen next week in that crowd the weekend, there forget to set the clock for before you go to bed on sunday night. >> mark: authorities in ohio

are planning their first use of a new solo execution track. a man convicted of killing a store owner is expected to be put to death today. it would make the process more public and give speedy access to attorneys. this is the first use of a surgical strike. illinois is going the other way, the governor's recent abolishment has marked an extraordinary result of emotions among family members killed by death row inmates. those sentences were changed to life in prison. the new tax law takes effect july 31st. >> darya: lindsay lohan returns to court today not expecting to exempt a plea to all that includes a guarantee details sentence. here's video from our last it is, i mean court appearance. she pleaded not

guilty to stealing a necklace, at she walked out with the case is the latest legal headache for this 24 year-old actress to is on probation for drunk driving case that that case was filed after that. we will see what happens to lindsey today. how is this for winning? charlie sheen's life may be turning into a comet broke. the comic strip will track the actractor's career path all the way up to his outburst. his battle with alcohol and drugs will be included the comet will not be released until the summer but you can pre order online. the title in this charlie sheen ". --infamous charlie sheen. >> mark: coming up more trent cases have been

dropped will have the latest details coming up. things are moving smoothly renounce infants oscar. --san francisco.

>> mark: the attorney's announcement has came out there dismissing 57 cases in several pending cases in which police officers or involved, on camera which appears to contradict their police reports. seven officers and assurgent are facing federal and local investigations for reading rooms without warrants. prosecutors say they are looking into whether more officers are involved. >> darya: the gaming director of oaks card club has been charged with looting millions of dollars through his personal accounts. investigators say he made nearly 400 deposits totaling $3 million in his accounts between 2006-2010.

he's one of 14 people arrested on the stain when he was church restructuring transactions to avoid detection. authorities in alameda have recovered some of the ashes of the northern california man whose remains were contained in an urn that was stolen from a church. the ashes were in a backpack that the family left on the altar while there were preparing for weekend service. please do not know if the thief was aware will was in the back but when he swept it. >> mark: all golden gate is dry for now, louisa has the latest. >> louisa: we do have a chance of rain setting in, it will certainly be a light rain the wet weather nonetheless. your shot from mount tam does show that dry conditions, we are expecting light rain to said in later this morning. cooler

temperatures on tap for this morning into the afternoon the next chance of rain late this weekend. we will have periods of trying. storm tracker 4 is fairly active, you can see as this friend starts to get its way in bringing some fairly heavy downpours to the north of us. rain now we're picking up refuse sprinkles. into tahoe, starting to see some snowfall 180, nothing significant. by about 9:00, we did a better chance at the a wet weather to the north bay. 10:00, much of the north bay will pick up some wet weather. maybe even moderate downpours. 11:00 a better chance of picking up some rain on the peninsula. after we headed to the afternoon in looks like it will turn more spotty. more than a drizzle. very light rain. this will not be a very powerful

storm. expecting wet weather. temperatures in the 40's, 50's. 49 seconds as kirk, 48 oakland. low-mid- 40s in the south bay. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. after the rain to mark partly credit conditions, increasing cloud cover on saturday, more raindrops on sunday. >> george: there was a chance of delays on 101 northbound. that solute crash's did not turn into any problem. there are no other delays or hot spots. bridge check, westbound looks good, no problems, no backup. san mateo the same, and no problems. golden

gate, 101 smith commute as you head south parent. no issues in marin county. no problems here across the span. says bay highway 101, as we lick your commute these taillights are a southbound toward san jose. still a pretty good ride under way for the south bay. >> darya: thank you, , jane writers or might not have to deal with drastic service cuts. transportation executives are working on a plan to save the morning and evening commutes. there might still be fair and parking increases. we will keep an eye on what the agency decides to do. >> mark: oakland schools are $12 million short looking to send out hundreds of pink slips. jonathan

bloom was there and tells us what happens. >> reporter: the school board voted 6-1 in favor of sending out 538 layoff notices. it is the most clef notices the sentence since the '70s. --it is the most lay off notices they have sent out since the 1970's. there is so much uncertainty this year that the school board members say they cannot avoid sending out the layoff notices. those teachers may not be laid off if they vote in the initiatives that governor brown would like to put in the ballot but since that has not been put in things could get even worse than this depending on the budget. >> james: this just in, volkswagen is recalling 12,600 minivans because the ignition key could move was driving causing the engine to shut off. chrysler

announced a similar recall last week and makes the fans for volkswagen. that recall is set to begin in april. >> darya: we have new details food network star guy feirers stolen a lamborghini has been spawned it's not hard to spot because it is bright yellow. he was taken nearly tuesday, someone or held in to the dealership to steal the to a dozen dollar yellow the mckinneylamborghini. it was spod by this surveillance video going across the golden gate bridge. they have new surveillance system into a brand and they sat there too. he's a bay area native, he announced johnnie garlics, both in santa rosa. he also owns the at liberty

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>> mark: discussing their wires the weekly unemployment numbers of surprising rawnesrise it was ony the second increase in last six weeks of a labor department says the number of applications or 26,000 396,000 americans fired from unemployment to come sector applications fell to the lowest level in three years. some good news, will it appears to become an new

numbers released today show foreclosures are down from last month, way down from this time last year they held 14% in february for the month before and a whopping 27% from 2010. it drops the biggest ever recorded. there's a reason for this, the numbers seem to be too good to be true because of lawsuits and increase to government relations. the mortgage industry is reviewing documents more carefully before the process them. >> darya: the white house is set to host a conference on bullying, president obama and first obama will be joined by house and parents at the daylong event it begins at 7:00 a.m. and will feature a panel discussions about the dangers of verbal, physical and a cyber bullying of students. there will be streamed live on the white paris website. a special facebook tat set for

9 am our time. >> james: severe weather whirling through these characters alive liggett of new york, rain has been falling all night. more expected to come down today. the entire eastern seaboard is dealing with that. florida up to new england. we're seeing some rather intend showers in new york, a flood watch has been issued for new york, new jersey, ohio. the river is about 2 ft. above its flood level. his in back to the water hazard forced the cancellation of one city school, roadways are the indicated. they're looking for more to fall. expect a lot more to come out of this part of the country we may even see some flight delays.

just one of the national stories we're following. >> darya: thank you, take a look at these outflows at of florida, the shares to the heavy winds come marines, like it does giant clouds. you can see this is an area scared by severe weather, don't like getting their taste of it. vermont, there used to taking out. lots of snow, with a storm blew through there on monday, this is in burlington, more than 52 ft. of snow. it is going down and the record books as the fifth largest stars from in vermont history. the national weather service is saying three more inches of snow will fall tonight. >> mark: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. george and the traffic center followed by the hot sport. >> george: solo vehicle

crash, on 101, unseen to the initial reporter was a motorcycle that is down in the fast lane is a possible fatal accident to lanes are blocked on the bayshore freeway 101 northbound. template that day when the kron 4 morning news returns.

jack >> george: in a hot spot on the pan and insula, it was reported that a car struck the sound wall. --trouble, a hot spot at the peninsula. unobserved was a motorcycle also involved, it went down in the fast lane is now that to left lanes impacted by this accident. sadly the corner has been called, it is being reported as possibly fatal. that is the

way the accident is coded, it the corner has been called it's a pretty in good indication that it is a fatal crash. that also means a lengthy investigation and what is likely to be a snaksnake for the morning commute. --snake----problem. this is likely to become a major problem, it could even start to affect the ride coming off the san mateo bridge for westbound highway 92, it could back up traffic at towards foster city. it could even affect 92 east bound a lot of that traffic coming down from the san mateo hills turned north on 2101. the two left lanes are blocked, will trent is in route. -- will tran.

this being regarded as a fatal accident and the corner on the way to the accident is likely that lanes will be blocked for well over an hour, possibly to.wo. bay bridge interstate- 80 a good ride still coming down to the albany curbs, this is the transition from the upper to the lower east shore freeway no problems yet for the bay bridge westbound, still at the toll plaza. now, here is a look at the weather. >> louisa: starting your this morning with a shot from the south bay, santa clara, it is dry, however we are expecting wet weather to set in a lame morning, early afternoon the south bay probably the last to be affected. san jose is 47 degrees by 61, high as 65 it will be a

clear day across the board. you can see right here from the pacific northwest continues to pressure and it will bring showers and to our area rain now some sprinkles, just rain at this point on 180, 50, snow levels pretty high today it looks like we will probably get snow around that 7,000 ft. level below that rain, snow mixed. rate now, supply

showers, really a leg, calling and drizzle. by the evening a better chance of trying out. temperatures are holding onto the system. are some pitchers today topped out in the mid-60s once it passes you'll have one dry day this weekend sunday we bring back the wet weather the chance to news into next week. mark? >> mark: a man has been convicted of knocking an off-duty police officer unconscious in a tactless member. he was convicted by a jury on battery of a police officer. he aggressively ask for money the woman identified herself as a police officer and told him he was being too aggressive he threw cuppa coffee on her puncher twice in the face knocking her unconscious. 25 years-life.

prosecutors have introduced a journal into evidence in the teens trial it details his isolation, anchor cover of paranoia in the months leading up to is attached at hillsdale high school. the prosecution alleges and pipe bombs, sir, to the south. >> garysamurai sword and a chain saw in an attempt to kill a chemistry teacher who built them. >> darya: we send stanley roberts out to look get under problem in this edition of people being badly. >> stanley: you're looking at tattles located at communication help, this is a homeless encampment, and no your eyes are not deceiving you, being kamen is literally outside the

front door of these homes. let's take a closer look to what is going on, disenchantment is so tragic and around food. there is close to a dozen shopping carts must full of trash, in this section for separate tent homes. what i am going to show you will leave you speechless, this man his name is remsen, he offered me a tour of the underpants. he was driving this you call it ran out of gas, it sort of was left there to give me a tour. i think it you'll find more stress here, lot more, plenty of bike parts. i spoke to residents they say their fights at night, i'll lose pitfall lives here. when homer told me she's afraid to leave her home because of this. all they want is the trash cleaned up, they say the city had been very slow to

respond. oh yeah, remember him, it turns at the u-haul he was driving was five days overdue when it was spotted by the honor he was forced by some as a police to dump the contents and get the van back. some of the continent's turn their to be get this, to date old and refrigerated raw meat. >> mark: that is disgusting. programming change to tell you about this friday we will be running nbc programming because nbc will be airing the giants game. at 8:00 p.m. you can watch "who do you think you are?" followed by "monk" at 9:00 p.m. and the kron4 news at 11:00 p.m. and doctor phil can be seen at 3:00 p.m. we will be right back. [ male announcer ] hi lauren and greg, what's up?

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>> george: 5:57 a.m. big problems for the peninsula as we track all hot spot on 1 01 northbound. south of peninsula avenue to possibly three lanes

are blocked. this is being reported as a fatal motorcycle accident, the impact is likely to be huge. if your plans are on 1 01 north, that your normal commute route, think about alternates now. at a minimum you will want to use 92 over to el camino. your best bet will be 2 80, five back at 1013 san bruno. we will be right back.